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In the case where the House of Representatives or the Senate is of the
opinion that the bill so introduced or referred to for consideration has the same or similar
principle as that of the bill being withheld, the President of the House of Representatives or
the President of the Senate shall refer such bill to the Constitutional Court for decision. If
the Constitutional Court decides that it is a bill having the same or similar principle as that
of the bill so withheld, such bill shall lapse.
Section 140. The payment of State funds shall be made only by the
authority of the law on appropriations, the law on budgetary procedure, the law on transfer
of appropriations, the law on treasury reserves or the law on financial and fiscal discipline of
the State, except that it may be advanced in the case of urgent necessity under the rules
and procedure prescribed by law. In such case, the expenditure estimates for
reimbursement must be set aside in the Transfer of Appropriations Act, the Supplementary
Appropriations Act, or the Annual Appropriations Act for the following fiscal year.
Section 141. The expenditure estimates of the State shall be made in the
form of an Act. If the Annual Appropriations Act for the following fiscal year is not enacted in
time, the law on annual appropriations for the preceding fiscal year shall apply for the time
being.
The State shall allocate adequate budgets for the independent performance
of duties of the National Assembly, the Courts, the Independent Organs and the State
Attorney Organ in accordance with the rules prescribed by the law on financial and fiscal
discipline of the State. In the case where the National Assembly, the Court, the Independent
Organ or the State Attorney Organ is of the opinion that the allocated budgets may not be
adequate for the performance of its duties, it may directly submit a motion to the
committee.
Section 142. The introduction of an annual appropriations bill must show
the sources of revenues and estimated revenues, expected outcome or output from
payments, and conformity with the National Strategy and development plans, in accordance
with rules prescribed in the law on financial and fiscal discipline of the State.
Section 143. The House of Representatives must complete the
consideration of an annual appropriations bill, supplementary appropriations bill and
transfer of appropriations bill within one hundred and five days as from the date the bill
reaches the House of Representatives.
If the House of Representatives does not complete the consideration of the
bill within the time period referred to in paragraph one, such bill shall be deemed to have